Enterprise Portfoilo Analyst

The role | Te tūnga

As an Enterprise Portfolio Analyst, you will play a central role in supporting how Stats NZ plans, prioritises, and governs its enterprise-wide initiatives. Working closely with the broader Enterprise Portfolio Office (EPO), your day-to-day work will focus on turning complex portfolio data into meaningful insights, strengthening governance practices, and building strong relationships across project and leadership teams.

In practice, this role is a mix of analysis, stakeholder engagement, and governance support.

On a day-to-day basis, you will be working across a portfolio of complex initiatives—developing a deep understanding of how projects are performing, how they align to strategy, and where there are risks or opportunities emerging. You will regularly analyse portfolio data, identify patterns and themes in initiative health, and translate this into clear, actionable insights that support investment decisions and prioritisation.

A key part of your role will involve building and maintaining governance dashboards and reports, using tools such as Excel and Power BI. You will take raw data from multiple sources and transform it into high-quality, trusted reporting for senior stakeholders. This includes continuously improving reporting quality, ensuring accuracy, and refining how information is presented to better support decision-making.

You will also work closely with Portfolio Managers and project teams to gather insights, validate information, and understand delivery context. Through open, honest communication, you will build trusted relationships and become a reliable point of contact for portfolio reporting and analysis. This includes engaging with teams on initiative performance, risks, and dependencies, and helping them navigate governance requirements.

As part of the governance function, you will support and contribute to assurance activities across the portfolio. This includes working with initiatives that are subject to health checks, Independent Quality Assurance (IQA), and Gateway reviews, ensuring outputs are reflected in portfolio reporting and informing leadership discussions.

You will actively track and manage portfolio risks and opportunities, ensuring visibility at the enterprise level and helping shape mitigation or response strategies.

The role also involves supporting resource planning and prioritisation, helping the organisation balance competing demands and align investments to strategic priorities.

Beyond core delivery, you will play an important role in continuous improvement—identifying ways to enhance portfolio processes, uplift data quality, and strengthen governance practices. As organisational priorities evolve, you will need to be adaptable and comfortable operating in a changing environment, contributing to change initiatives and supporting others through new ways of working.

Success in this role comes from combining strong analytical capability, technical expertise (Excel and Power BI), and excellent stakeholder engagement skills, alongside the ability to navigate complexity, support governance processes, and drive continuous improvement across the enterprise portfolio.

What you bring | Nōu te rourou

• Proven experience working in an Enterprise Portfolio Office (EPO) or similar portfolio/PMO environment
• A relevant tertiary qualification and/ or equivalent relevant experience for this role.
• At least 3 years’ experience in data analytics and the development and presentations of organisational insights
• Experience supporting complex, enterprise-level programmes or portfolios
• Strong capability in portfolio reporting and data analysis, including advanced Excel and Power BI
• Experience with governance and assurance activities (e.g. health checks, IQA, Gateway reviews)
• Demonstrated ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and work effectively in changing environments
• We highly value demonstrated competency in mātauranga Māori, tikanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi application in a workplace setting. To support this work, proficiency in te reo Māori, or a strong commitment to developing te reo Māori capability is welcomed
• We are seeking candidates with a demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and applying cultural capability in their practice

We recognise that valuable skills can come from both paid and unpaid work. You might have gained experience in education, hospitality, technology, public service, the marae, or the arts. You might have experience from community involvement, volunteering, or whānau responsibilities. We welcome and value all forms of transferable skills. Please bring your full unique self to your application.

For all our roles, we’re looking for people who:

• Act with integrity, take responsibility, and do what’s right even when it’s hard.
• Understand the ‘why’ behind their work and focus on delivering real value.
• Stay curious and open to learning, seeing challenges as chances to grow.
• Build respectful and inclusive relationships, grounded in care for others.
• Work collaboratively across boundaries and contribute to collective outcomes.

We don’t expect you to know everything. What matters is your genuine interest, commitment, and readiness to grow with us. Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

About Us | Ko mātou

Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa is the National Statistics Office, leading the way in data and insights. While this is our focus, it’s our people who are central to everything we do. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, recognising that our work is strengthened by the people behind it.

The data and insights we produce help shape decisions across government, communities, and businesses, and plays an important role in telling the story of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our mahi supports informed decision making at both national and local levels, helping improve outcomes for people, the economy, and the environment.

We’re proud of the role we play in guiding and strengthening the data system, with a goal of delivering high quality data with equitable access for all.

What’s in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe  

Take a look at our Stats NZ careers site to learn more about our organisational values: He pēwhea ā tātou tikanga mahi | The way we work.

Some key benefits include:

• 37.5 hours work week.
• 15 days sick leave allowance (to be used for yourself or people under your care).
• 3 extra days off (taken during end-of-year office closure).
• Annual flu vaccines.
• Funded counselling and coaching through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Visual and hearing health benefits
• Corporate rates for a variety of services and products.
• Study assistance programmes.
• Rōpū Waiata – weekly cross agency connection.
• An active social club in each office.

Starting salary for this position: $77,259 - $90,893 + kiwisaver  

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono   

Sound like you? Click ’Apply now’ to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.

Our process is to screen applications as we receive them, so we move to interview stage quickly. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video.

Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any pātai / questions.

Note to recruitment agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.